Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60843
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:085 (python)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to python announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:085. Integer signedness error in the zlib extension module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a negative signed integer, which triggers insufficient memory allocation and a buffer overflow. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this issue. Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0, 2008.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:085 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1721 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html BugTraq ID: 28715 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28715 Bugtraq: 20080409 IOActive Security Advisory: Buffer overflow in Python zlib extension module (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490690/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1551 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551 Debian Security Information: DSA-1620 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-01.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:085 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8249 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8494 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9407 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019823 http://secunia.com/advisories/29889 http://secunia.com/advisories/29955 http://secunia.com/advisories/30872 http://secunia.com/advisories/31255 http://secunia.com/advisories/31358 http://secunia.com/advisories/31365 http://secunia.com/advisories/33937 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 http://secunia.com/advisories/38675 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.525289 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3802 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-632-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1229/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 XForce ISS Database: zlib-pystringfromstringandsize-bo(41748) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41748
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